05/23/2026
FINALLY I can talk about this since the secret is out!
The was today and I had the most absolutely special day today π Our squires freshman year, the bearded Viking husband and I got to es**rt the Northwestern High School TIGER PRIDE Band in the Indy 500 Festival parade- today, we boarded the bus for our now SENIORS final moments with being a part of the band π
When I was asked to make pretzels and be featured for the Indy 500, I asked if I could es**rt the band this year since Northwestern was picked to be in the parade. I did not tell Jeremy Snyder or any of the staff, I just played along like I was a normal band parent. Yes, I gave up being in the parade with the Lucas Oil/Colts since to me walking the band one last time as a band mom ment more to me then anything.......
Baked Knightly was a 2025/2026 platinum sponsor this year for my son's very last year in the Tiger band, and it really was incredibly special to get the honor to walk the kids this one last time with my son. Our first year with the 500 festival, Giles was a freshman and we walked the band down that parade route- today, he was a senior! From feeding Indy car drivers, the Lucas oil family, and parade volunteers my pretzels, to handing the band their parade patches and boarding that bus with them having no idea "Giles mom and Dad" were the ones responsible for the band- this day was literally "racing through history" for this mom πππ
Now I'm off to have a good cry and remember that no matter how old my boys get- They will ALWAYS be here to raid my refrigerator ππ€£ To the Northwestern School Corporation - THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, AND GIVING IT TO ME πΆ